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8 results for REFUSE from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Wed Oct 18, 2023	1D	Garbage	Joseph Gangi
Fri Apr 23, 2021	10D	Worthless stuff	Robyn Weintraub
Sun Sep 13, 2020	69D	Turn down	MaryEllen Uthlaut
Tue Oct 9, 2018	45D	Say no to	Natan Last, Andy Kravis and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
Wed Apr 25, 2018	6D	Decline (2)	Adam G. Perl
Mon Apr 16, 2018	32A	Say "No, thanks" to	David Woolf
Wed Jul 26, 2000	10D	Trash	William I. Johnston
Sat Mar 18, 2000	47D	Decline (2)	Rich Norris

1 result for REFUSE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
Jan 15, 2012	Acrostic	M	"The wretched ___ of your teeming shore" (words on the Statue of Liberty)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon

14 results for REFUSE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Nov 23, 1988	47D	Spurn	Judson G. Trent	Maleska
Tue Jul 15, 1986	51A	Deny	Judson G. Trent	Maleska
Tue May 15, 1984	51A	Spurn	Evelyn Benshoof	Maleska
Sat Dec 13, 1980	46A	Certain barge cargo	Vincent L. Osborne	Maleska
Tue Jan 16, 1979	50D	Say nay	Robert Katz	Maleska
Thu Apr 21, 1977	43A	Junk	Mel Rosen	Maleska
Tue Oct 12, 1976	33A	Turn down	Tap Osborn	Weng
Sat Mar 2, 1974	50D	Waste	Martha J. DeWitt	Weng
Fri Oct 18, 1968	29D	Deny.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Aug 20, 1968	48D	Turn down.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Sep 24, 1963	10D	Turn down.	A. H. Drummond, Jr.	Farrar
Wed Jul 24, 1963	46D	Decline.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jun 7, 1959	68A	Waste.	Charles C. Allen	Farrar
Tue Feb 25, 1958	25A	Decline.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar

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